Show 7 Fliers Die 1 l Missing I In Transport Crash COLFAX Cal Jan 5 R- R I Seven men were killed and another another another an an- other was believed missing in the thc crash of a two-engine two air force transport plane 10 miles southeast southeast southeast south south- east of here Tuesday night Placer County Coroner Francis E. E West who returned here early Wednesday after viewing the wreckage with a group of air force torce officers said seven bodies were counted in the wreckage They were not removed because the wreckage was still too hot from flames which swept the plane A guard was posted and bodies will be removed and the debris searched later Wednesday West Vest said He said the air force investigators a tors from McClellan field told him himan himan an eighth man was believed aboard I I tJ but thc they could see sea only seven bodies The Tho plane was flying from Hill field Ogden Utah to its base at McClellan field Sacramento Cal when it crashed in this northern California Sierra Nevada foothill area McClellan field said aid at least three persons aboard were air force personnel attached to the field West Vest said witnesses who talked to him and to the air force investigators investigators investigators fairly well established that the plane caught fire and then exploded while flying at about 1000 feet The crash was timed at about pm p.m. Tuesday The wreckage e was scattered over a wide area and one wing apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap blown of off by the explosion explosion explosion sion was found two miles to the north |